WebThis group is dedicated to the descendants of William Goforth, Jr. and Anne Skipwith Goforth Oxley who, with their family, came to the Colonies in1677 on the Fly Boat "Martha," sailing from Hull, England and arriving in Delaware Bay on 19 October, 1677. WebAnne and her family sailed from Hull, England with 114 passengers in late summer or early autumn of 1677 on the Fly-Boat "Martha of Burlington" and arrived off the Port of Newcastle, now Delaware, in Delaware Bay on October 28, 1677. William Goforth died the next year and Anne married William Oxley, a widower, 1678-1682.

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WebThe passenger manifest for the Fly Boat "Martha". This brought William, Anne, and family to the Delaware Cololny in 1677. WebThe ship Martha, Thomas Whorcup, master, arrived 15 Oct 1677 with one hundred fourteen passengers. Ship William Mind, Newcomb, Master, arrived from London 20 Nov 1677, dropped anchor at Elsinburg, this ship carried 60 or 70 passengers, some of whom settled at Salem and some at Burlington. WebIn the late summer of 1677 William and Anne Goforth and their six children embarked on the Fly-Boat"Martha" and sailed from Hull, England to Delaware Bay, off the port of Newcastle, (now Delaware) where they arrived on October 28, 1677. crystal beck facebook